Tigers lost their opening one-day international against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Monday. Though Bangladesh team didn’t win the match, Tigers stalwart skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has achieved a new milestone. As the11th cricketer, Mash has entered the club of 1500 runs, 200 wickets and 50 catches in limited over cricket.Bangladesh captain was five runs away from the landmark before the match started against New Zealand. He scored 14 runs before ending one to Broom off Santner’s bowling. Now he has found a place to stand beside Wasim Akram, Kallis and Indian legend Kapil Dev.The Narail Express has been serving Bangladesh cricket for the last 15 years.Let’s take a look at the batting and bowling record of Mashrafe Bin Mortaza in his ODIs career so far–Mashrafe’s Batting record in ODIsMatches Innings Runs Average Highest Score Strike Rate167 125 1509 14.37 51* 88.77Mashrafe’s Bowling record in ODIsMatches Innings Balls Runs Wickets Best Figure167 167 4335 4870 216 6/26
The article originally published in Bangla edition of jagonews24.com is written in English by Zobaer Ahmed.